Method and apparatus for treating varicose veins

• US 3,301,258 A
• Filed: 10/03/1963
• Issued: 01/31/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: George Werner, Robert C. Wingrove
• Original Assignee: George Werner, Robert C. Wingrove
• Inventors: GEORGE WERNER, Wingrove, Robert C.
• Application Number:
  US04/313,597
• Time in Patent Office: 1,216 Days
• US Class Current: 606/50
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/12 by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/1206 Generators therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/14 Probes or electrodes therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/1402 Probes for open surgery
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/0066 without feedback, i.e. open loop control

Claims

4. APPARATUS FOR TREATING VARICOSE VEINS IN AN ANIMATE BODY INCLUDING A SLENDER CYLINDRICAL PROBE OF A DIAMETER TO PASS THROUGH AN INCISION IN THE SKIN AND ALONG THE SUBCUTANEOUS LAYER OF AN ANIMATE BODY BETWEEN THE FASCIA AND THE SKIN, SAID PROBE HAVING A FIRST HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL ELECTRODE, A CYLINDRICAL INSULATOR CONCENTRIC WITH, OF THE SAME DIAMETER AS, AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM SAID FIRST ELECTRODE, A SECOND CYLINDRICAL ELECTRODE CONCENTRIC WITH, OF THE SAME DIAMETER AS, AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM SAID INSULATOR;

A FIRST ELECTRICAL CONNECTION EXTENDING THE LENGTH OF SAID PROBE THROUGH SAID FIRST ELECTRODE IN INSULATED RELATION THERETO, THROUGH SAID INSULATOR AND INTO ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH SAID SECOND ELECTRODE;

MEANS FOR GENERATING HIGH FREQUENCY ELECTRICAL ENERGY;

AND CIRCUIT MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE OUTPUT OF SAID GENERATING MEANS BETWEEN SAID FIRST ELECTRODE AND SAID FIRST ELECTRICAL CONNECTION.